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Show MISTAKE TO CHANGE BREEDS Start With the Kind Liked Best and Stick to It Cull Poor Specimens and Buy Better Ones. To change breeds every now :J il then is poor practice. One should bo-very bo-very careful before the particular breed is chosen. To use a llolstein sire one year in order to obtain a . large liow of milk, a Guernsey sire another an-other year to secure richness of milk, and a Shorthorn sire the next time, is the wrong principle to employ in the breeding and raising cf good cows. Undoubtedly somo good cows will be obtained in the herd from such methods of procedure, but thorn will be no uniformity of size, form, appearance appear-ance and production, and the owner has no assurance of what he is going to get in the future. It is a case of too many in the mixture, and it is guesswork as to which one will come to the top. First, select" the breed with great care, then stick to it. If a mistake is made the first time in obtaining pocr specimens and poor producers, then rectify the mistake as soon as possible by selecting the right kind of a siro belonging to the same breed to head the herd, or by selling the animals ! v ,' Typical Dutch Milker. already bought, and purchasing hotter hot-ter individuals belonging to the same breed. It is usually safer to try to improve within the same breed than it is to improve by changing to a different breed. There are good individuals and good strains within any of the breeds intended for a particular purpose. |